Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-25

has the reputation of being crank
but a man can afford to be a crank
when he gets $4,000 in three months as
his share of single well, and when
there is room for hundred more on
his farm. He still dresses in an old
brown suit, wears straw hat and a
long brown beard, and is very pleasant
and kind to visitors.
SOME MORE WELLS.
The field is so large and the amount
of work that is being done 80 great
that it is impossible to give anything
more than a brief synopsis OF the stu
alton all over the field. Indeed, when
it is remembered that 250 wells have
been drilled in Northwestern Ohio the
utter impossibility of making even a
passing mention is apparent to all.
On account of the low price paid by
the Standard Company, and an agree
ment signed by many OF the principal
operators agreeing to suspend opera
tions for nine months, no more wells
are being drilled than necessary. In
some instances large sums OF money
have been paid the farmers for an ex-
tension of the leases. The farmers in
many parts of the country refuse to
grant an extension. Often this is be-
cause they want work on the wells
pushed, but more often it is because
they think the operators will throw up
the lease in preference to drilling.
Between the upper and neither mill
stones of the purchasers and the farm
ers, the operators claim they are hav-
ing hard time of it. but refuse to
throw up their leases so long as there
is any hope for relief in any direction.
Near the Slaughterbeck wells are
the famous Fulton well and the Pro-
duce Exchange wells, both Of which
have never ceased to supply hundreds
of barrels of oil since the drills tapped
the Trenton. Probably no oil wells
have ever paid better than these two
wells-even during the palmiest days
OF oil operations in Pennsylvania.
The Haskins well is a mystery yet,
but an oil scout says that it is a good
oiler though only a few feet in the
Trenton, and that when opened up it
will undoubtedly prove one of the fin
est in the land. The discovery of oil
at Haskins extends the boundaries OF
the oil district many miles to the north
and west, and makes the Ohio field the
largest in the world.
The oil we'll, the pet of George j.
Sherman, of Toledo, is located on
Shanaberger's farm. nearly a mile
south Of Cygnet. 1t has already filled
three tanks, and line has been laid
to Cygnet. This is the well that has
been labeled Flicker No. l.
The we'll on the Fanny Peters farm
can fill four tanks which are located
near it in an incredibly short space OF
time. 1t is owned by the M. 4 o.,
and the owners are confident that the
Fanny Peters farm will beat the world
The suspension OF operations in the
field struck Frank Losee, but he claims
that when completed, it will be the
"daisyest we'll in the lot"
The "lawyers" well in which Sena
tor Dodd and Harmon, and dozer
more Toledo attorneys are interested
is still proving better than agold mine
or good big law suit.
Said that the Fulton well, the well
first discovered, is still belching out
oil at the rate of 500 barrels per day.
Here is the oldest well in the field
with such a remarkable record, and
yet the story is circulated that Ohio
wells won't last.
Within sight of the Produce Ex-
change we'll are dozen wells in
about as many acres. Jake Van Neer,
of Archibald, has three wells ON the
forty acres bought from Ex-Governor
Foster before the news reached Fos-
toria of the wonderful wells in that
vicinity. They are all located half a
mile south of the village of Hammans-
burg.
Directly north of Hammansburg
the Vandergrifts own a 800 barrel
we'll upon the William Hamman farm.
Northeast of Johannesburg, Han
key, Sands & Poe have $50 per day
well which is holding out beyond the
expectations of the owners and drillers.
One-half mile north of Hammans-
burg, on the Auverter farm, the Michi-
gan and Ohio Natural Gas and Oil
Company have well which filled an
S0O-barrel tank in eight hours.
On the northern end of the Auver-
ter farm another well equally as large
is attracting considerable attention.
Across the road the New York syn
dicate from Ithaca, N. Y, have on the
Weir farm 500-barrel well.
The Vandergrifts claim that the
Chest Bay we'll in Liberty township,
more than a mile from this we'll, is the
best in the field. The we'll is closed
up and no one knows now just what
the we'll will do, but all admit that it
is great gusher. .
On all sides of the Christ Bay well
the M. & O. own leases and options,
and they will speedily commence
operations.
Just across the road on the Dan
Mercer farm is located a 400-barrel
well.
On the Sangler farm, north one
mile, magnificent well has been
drilled in by Hankey.
The Whitehouse we'll already has
600 feet of casing and is not yet
through the limestone.
The Sylvania well has been aban-
doned at depth in the surface lime
stone of over 1000 feet.
Jersey City has an oil well which,
at the depth of 800 feet flows 60 bar
rels day. Both the Standard Com
pany and the Vandergrifts have had
their agents in this field for six weeks
past leasing every available foot Of
territory.
The Wagner well at Lindsey is one
of the best on the northern edge OF the
gas and oil fields.
The Farmers we'll at Millbury is
still dragging its slow length along.
The workmen have been fishing for
tools for the last two months. Stock
holders and citizens are becoming dis
gusted.
THE WASTE OF OIL.
No one who has not visited the oil
fields in Northwestern Ohio has any
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